\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Tammy & I have yet to take a vacation this year.\u00a0 Sure, a day of catching big fish.\u00a0 But no vacation.\u00a0 So, when Tom Kester called and said, “Whatcha got going the last weekend of July?”…..I was intrigued.\u00a0 \u00a0 Ron Simonson had contacted Tom about AIing a set of does.\u00a0 Tom agreed and then called my dumbass.\u00a0 Sounds fun.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This past Friday, I met Keester at Schovanec’s place.\u00a0 Yeah, the place where they stack those reserve grand OYE poppers like cord wood.\u00a0 Right next to a grand OYE trailer.\u00a0 And the barns are lined with banners.\u00a0 I forgot to tell TravASS that we were meeting at his place.\u00a0 Oh well.\u00a0 TravASS was there, getting ready to go make hay.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Before we left, I looked at a map.\u00a0 Yes, I actually still have an atlas.\u00a0 And I prefer having a map in hand versus the electronic crap.\u00a0 Once I have the visual, I’m good.\u00a0 Unless, I’m telling a story while driving through Wichita and then we get to take a detour.\u00a0 It’s all good.\u00a0 Anyways, the map revealed that it wasn’t very far from Uncle Ron’s to Columbus, Nebraska.\u00a0 So, I texted Judd Went and asked if we could come take a look around.\u00a0 He allowed that we needed to come on.\u00a0 Somebody would be there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Good stop!\u00a0 Now, I am the proud owner of a 100 head of bad-ass yearling does and three yearling buck prospects ready to mark some asses.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
HAAAAAA!!!!!\u00a0 You clowns have been waiting for something like that.\u00a0 But this is not that day.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 It was a really good stop.\u00a0 Judd had to go to a wedding, so his father-in-law gave us the tour.\u00a0 Kent was great.\u00a0 Good livestock people are the best.\u00a0 We talked goats, sheep, cattle, a few hogs, weather, barns, etc……it was fun.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Did I buy anything?\u00a0 \u00a0Yes.\u00a0 I still buy goats for students.\u00a0 Just in case, I did throw the popper into the back of the pickup.\u00a0 On the way up, Judd called and asked if I could haul a few goats back to Oklahoma.\u00a0 Sure.\u00a0 All of us in this industry need to be neighborly and help.\u00a0 I now know that a few is FIVE.\u00a0 And I bought 10 wethers and doe kids.\u00a0 FIFTEEN makes for a really crowded popper.\u00a0 But good stock is hard to pass up when the price fits the need.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We took the full tour.\u00a0 The mature buck line up is WAY impressive.\u00a0 The ones they own as well as the ones they have there on lease.\u00a0 I saw one of the best mature bucks that I have ever seen and I saw one of the scariest.\u00a0 Glad I got to see him and real glad that I don’t have to kid does bred to him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We got loaded and headed to Uncle Ron’s.\u00a0 He told us to hurry.\u00a0 “The ribs are ready.”\u00a0 \u00a0We pulled into his place, off loaded for the night and headed inside to eat some ribs.\u00a0 And I now realize that Nebraskans have a tendency to under-sell their comments.\u00a0 Judd said a few and it was five.\u00a0 Ron said ribs and Oh snap!!!\u00a0 \u00a0When Uncle Ron says “ribs”, he means the Flintstone’s brontosaurus type, flip your car on it’s side kind of ribs.\u00a0 Holy Schnikes!!\u00a0 \u00a0These beef ribs were HUGE!!!\u00a0 \u00a0Caveman huge!!\u00a0 \u00a0 And here’s the kicker.\u00a0 I normally could care less about beef ribs but these were oh so good.\u00a0 No need for knives or forks.\u00a0 The only tools needed were two hands to grab a rib and go at it and then a towel to wipe up the juices.\u00a0 No tearing & tugging, just eating.\u00a0 I will say that this was either the 1st or 2nd best beef ribs that I have ever eaten.\u00a0 There is a sentimental reason that I just don’t say the best.\u00a0 My Grandma Schneider used to make beef ribs cooked on a bed of sauerkraut.\u00a0 I haven’t had them cooked like that anywhere else.\u00a0 I remember them fondly.\u00a0 I actually think that they were short ribs.\u00a0 These ribs on Friday evening were NOT short.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 This next part may surprise those of you that know Ron & I.\u00a0 We did have a Moscow Mule or two.\u00a0 However, not more than three.\u00a0 At least, I did not have more than three.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It rained Saturday morning.\u00a0 But, it let up in time for the AI to begin.\u00a0 As expected, Ron had a great group of helpers.\u00a0 On the way up to Nebraska, Keester asked,\u00a0 “Any idea what bucks we will be using?”\u00a0 \u00a0My reply, “Nope.\u00a0 But knowing Ron, it will all be name-brand stuff.”\u00a0 I was right.\u00a0 Real right!!\u00a0 Even some bucks that have yet to be advertised from big time deals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And we did look at a bad-ass prospect at Ron’s out of FBGM.\u00a0 He calls him Fabian.\u00a0 And I asked, “What The F does Fabian mean?”\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I’ll be honest.\u00a0 I take pride in my knowledge of music.\u00a0 I didn’t know crap about Fabian.\u00a0 Now, as a result of looking at a goat and asking the question, “Whatcha calling this one?”\u00a0 I have learned more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Here’s what I know now, most of which I already knew.\u00a0 Although we were really well behaved, it is a good thing that Tom Kester and I live on opposite sides of the state.\u00a0 I will never look at an onion the same way.\u00a0 Likewise, it is a good thing Ron Simonson and I live two states away from each other.\u00a0 Otherwise, we would have a couple hundred head of does and NEITHER of us want to have does at our place.\u00a0 Ron is WAY smarter than I am.\u00a0 He has figgered out how to help people with their programs without having many does at his place.\u00a0 Great hospitality in the Cornhusker state.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0No, I did not buy the grand at OYE in 2022.\u00a0 But, I enjoyed getting the chance to sort some stock and buy some deals that a worn-out old has been like myself feels like a kid can have a chance if they feed, care for and show properly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vacation—no.\u00a0 \u00a0Working vacation that was fun—HELL YEAH!!!\u00a0 Nebraska ain’t Maui but it was good.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0And while I was gone, my brother-in-law stopped in to check on Tammy.\u00a0 He texted me “The good thing about being married to my sister is you don’t have to come up with an excuse to drink.\u00a0 She’s excuse enough.\u00a0 Condolences on the bathroom project.”\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0My status with the ever-lasting bathroom remodel remains unchanged.\u00a0 Do what is asked, stay out of the way and pay the bills.\u00a0 I do my part.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 People, have a good one.\u00a0 I am.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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